Wiring brake controllers for balanced braking
Can be detected by:
- Trailer pulling to one side during braking
- One wheel hub getting hotter than the other
- Linings on one side wearing more than the other
Can be caused by:
- Broken wire or open circuit coil one side
- Unbalanced trailer loading
- Incorrect mechanical adjustment of one side
- Mismatched linings fitted
- Mismatched tyres
- Broken or disconnected spring in a brake assembly
- More friction one side due to extra corrosion in one brake drum
- Bearing lubricant leaking on to linings one side
- Contamination one side, E.g. a piece of broken spring or a rock embedded in lining
- Unbalanced wiring, see diagram to the left